Bougon

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bougon

(2020–2026) Bernard Comte^[1]Area

11.7 km² (4.5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

173 • Density15/km² (38/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

79042 /79800

Elevation80–137 m (262–449 ft)
(avg. 104 m or 341 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bougon (French pronunciation: [buɡɔ̃]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Etymology

The origin of the name comes from the ancient Gaul Bullicone^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Gauthier, Pierre (1998). "Contribution de la toponymie à l'histoire du Poitou gallo-romain". Actes des colloques de la Société française d'onomastique. 8 (1): 121–131.